To me it becomes pointless if the object is to get through it faster.

Nov 7, 2024
7:49:20am

Future_Tacos All-American

My point isn’t the time commitment, it’s that I can’t really keep all those details straight. It’s too much for my brain.

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Future_Tacos

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Time

Holy crap! Sanderson's next book in Stormlight archives is going to be a 63 HOUR

SWKTNative

7:41am

It’s why I have a hard time getting into them. The time commitment is large

Jay_L

7:42am

Meanwhile you are awake at least 16 hours every day. That seems like a big

RyneK

7:44am

Some days I choose not to commit to that

supertux

8:18am

I feel the opposite. I love long reads.

Tiburon

8:22am

I always listen at 1.4 speed...so that will help. 😉

Fdnman

7:45am

Honestly. They’re too long. There’s so much superfluous stuff

Future_Tacos

7:46am

I almost gave up on The Way of Kings

WorfoSAUR

7:53am

Rhythm of War is very interesting - imagine Die Hard in the Cosmere. The end is

Adwight

8:21am

Completely disagree.

Incentivize

8:05am

Good.

Future_Tacos

8:06am

Not as bad as the Wheel of Time Series.

greatbam

8:06am

I couldn't disagree more. He really doesn't fluff much of anything in the books

Adwight

8:18am

Just go 2.5 speed.

Perseguir

7:46am

To me it becomes pointless if the object is to get through it faster.

Future_Tacos

7:49am

Fair enough. I think it's just my ADHD, but anything slower than 2.0 speed on anything is just too slow.

Perseguir

7:52am

Makes sense. Good on you if you can retain info that comes at you that fast.

Future_Tacos

8:02am

Hard for me to get anything past about 1.6

SWKTNative

7:57am

Or read it

Belboz

8:04am

Ain’t nobody got time for that

BYU Sportz Fan

8:12am

The readers do all go slow, so it’s easy to speed up his books.

BYU Sportz Fan

8:14am

Get a jump with Reactormag.com They've released the first 28 chapters (so far)

NavyCougar

7:48am

Only about halfway through Rhythm of War

SWKTNative

8:26am

I started my re-read back in August. Just started Rhythm of War last night.

scootsy

7:54am

I live Sanderson’s one-off books.

v1k0u6

7:56am

I'm a fan, but that's too long.

JuicyJam

8:41am

but they're so, so good and worth it.

runnincoug

8:49am

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